Whittington Castle, Oswestry

Name: Whittington Castle
Address: Whittington Castle Castle Street, Oswestry, SY11 4DF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1691 662500

#1 among attractions in Oswestry

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Whittington Castle is a castle in northern Shropshire, England, owned and managed by the Whittington Castle Preservation Fund. The castle was originally a motte-and-bailey castle, but this was replaced in the 13th century by one with buildings around a courtyard whose exterior wall was the curtain wall of the inner bailey. As a castle of the Welsh Marches, it was built on the border of Wales and England very close to the historic fort of Old Oswestry. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°52'25"N, 3°0'9"W

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Whittington Castle Castle StreetOswestry SY11 4DF United Kingdom

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+44 1691 662500

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Whittington Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chirk Aqueduct, Oswestry Guildhall, Old Oswestry, Montgomery Canal.

4.5 miNW
Bridge
Chirk Aqueduct, Chirk
115 min walk • Chirk Aqueduct is a 70-foot high and 710-foot long navigable aqueduct that carries what is now the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, on the England-Wales border, spanning the two countries.
2.3 miSW
City hall
Oswestry Guildhall, Oswestry
60 min walk • Oswestry Guildhall is a municipal building in Bailey Head in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Oswestry Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
1.9 miW
Forts and castles
Old Oswestry
49 min walk • Old Oswestry is a large early Iron Age hill fort in the Welsh Marches near Oswestry in north west Shropshire, England. The earthworks, which remain one of the best preserved hill forts in the UK, have been described as "The Stonehenge of the Iron Age Period".
3.6 miS
Canal
Montgomery Canal
93 min walk • The Montgomery Canal, known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire.
5.1 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Maelor Way
130 min walk • Maelor Way is a key long distance footpath, running 38 kilometres / 24 miles from the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at Bronygarth to the Shropshire Way, Sandstone Trail, Llangollen Canal, South Cheshire Way, and the Marches Way all at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch.
2.4 miW
Historic walking areas, Historical place, Forts and castles
Oswestry Castle, Oswestry
61 min walk • Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.
5.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Ellesmere Castle, Ellesmere
134 min walk • Ellesmere Castle was in the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire. This was a motte and bailey castle which was probably founded by Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury on a prominent hill to the east of the town, overlooking the Mere, soon after the Norman conquest.
4.9 miNW
Canal
Chirk Tunnel, Chirk
125 min walk • Chirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel near Chirk, Wales. It lies on the Llangollen Canal, immediately northwards of the Chirk Aqueduct. It is 421 metres long and has a complete towpath inside. The tunnel is designed for a single standard narrowboat, so passing is not possible.
5.2 miSW
Museum
Cambrian Heritage Railways
133 min walk • The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England.
2.8 miE
Canal
Frankton Junction
71 min walk • Frankton Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Montgomery Canal terminates and meets the Llangollen Canal at Lower Frankton, Shropshire, England.
4.1 miNW
Church
Selattyn
105 min walk • Selattyn and Gobowen is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 4,016.